Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee (1895 – 2 April 1960) was an Indian
freedom fighter,
revolutionary
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.
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and member of
Rajya Sabha.
Short biography
Jogesh Chandra became a member of the
Anushilan Samiti. He was one of the founder members of
Hindustan Republican Association
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), previously known as the Hindustan Republican Army and Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was an Indian revolutionary organisation founded by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindr ...
(HRA) (in 1924) that later became
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), previously known as the Hindustan Republican Army and Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was an Indian revolutionary organisation founded by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindra ...
. He was arrested several times for revolutionary activities. He was tried in the
Kakori conspiracy case in 1926 and received rigorous imprisonment for life.
He wrote two books 1) Indian Revolutionaries In Conference 2) In Search Of Freedom (as biography)
In 1937, Jogesh Chandra joined Congress Socialist party but left it very shortly and formed a new party in 1940 with the name of ''
Revolutionary Socialist Party'' of which he remained the General Secretary from 1940 to 1953. He was the Vice-President of
United Trades Union Congress (the trade union wing of
RSP) from 1949 to 1953 and
United Socialist Organisation for the year 1949 only.
After independence, however, he returned to the
Congress and became a member of the
Rajya Sabha from
Uttar Pradesh in 1956 and remained its member till his death on 2 April 1960.
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External links
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Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians
University of Calcutta alumni
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
Indian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
Prisoners and detainees of British India
20th-century Indian politicians
Indian independence activists from West Bengal